Foo vs Fon - What's the difference?
foo | fon |
(computing) A metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately by bar.
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
* 1579 , Edmund Spender, The Shepheardes Calender: Februarie :
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) Foolish; simple; silly.
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.
A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
* 2008 , Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (ISBN 9956558168), page 71:
* 2010 , Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (ISBN 0810873990), page 53:
* 2011 , Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives (ISBN 9956579394), page 152:
As a proper noun foo
is (dated|fandom slang|jocular) a mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.As a noun fon is
phone (telephone).foo
English
Etymology 1
Circa 1935 as nonsense word, circa 1960 in programming sense. (detailed etymology) Originated circa 1935 as nonsense word in (Smokey Stover)'' comic strip (1935–73) by (Bill Holman) (from which also foo fighter).“foo]”, ''[http://catb.org/jargon/html/index.html The Jargon FileHolman states that his usage was from seeing “foo” on the base of a jade (etyl) figurine in , meaning “good luck”, presumably a transliteration of the (fu character) , "
The History of Bill Holman]", [http://www.smokey-stover.com/ Smokey-Stover.com], Smokey Stover LLC – article by nephew of Bill Holman"[http://web.archive.org/web/19990222143614/http://members.aol.com/EOCostello/ Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion]" and figurines of the trio of eponymous male "star gods" are common in Chinese communities. Meaning influenced by fooey, fool, and feh. Used throughout the comic strip’s run, with later uses in the 1930s include ''(The Daffy Doc)'' (1938) and ''[[w:Pogo (comic strip), Pogo]. In computing usage, popularized by the (Tech Model Railroad Club) (TMRC), whose 1959 Dictionary of the TMRC Language , had an entry similar to the following, parodying the mantra (Om mani padme hum) (replacing om with foo ): : FOO: The first syllable of the sacred chant phrase “FOO MANE PADME HUM.” Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters turning. Related also to foobar, which is presumably derived from foo rather than the reverse.
Noun
(wikipedia foo) (-)- Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar .
References
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeia.Synonyms
* (expression of disgust) darn, dratEtymology 3
Abbreviation of .Alternative forms
* foo'Etymology 4
Quotations
*Anagrams
* oof English placeholder terms ----fon
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fon, fonne, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) . More at (m).Noun
(en noun)- Thou art a fon , of thy loue to boste,
- All that is lent to loue, wyll be lost.
Adjective
(-)Etymology 2
From (etyl) fonnen, from fon, .Verb
(fonn)Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA),
- In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.
- Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party